Voldemort's recruitment . Was: Precious little to celebrate for 11 years...

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>>Rebecca:
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>Also, this means that Lucius Malfoy was 16 when Voldemort first 
rose to power, and the other DE's who showed up at the graveyard and 
the DoM were all most likely still in school as well.<
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Betsy:
But isn't Mr. Nott a great deal older than Lucius?  IIRC, JKR said 
something about that on her website.  I'm wondering how you know the 
ages of the other DEs in the graveyard?  Does canon tell us anything?

>>Alla:
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>...I want to know when Snape was recruited too.<
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Betsy:
Well, this is my own little pet theory, but when Snape was 
saying, "just you wait" (or something like that) to James and Sirius 
in the pensieve incident in OotP, I think he was speaking of his 
going off to join Voldemort.  And that's why it's Snape's worst 
memory because he'd been thinking about joining and this scene is 
when he makes up his mind to go ahead and join.

No real canon to back this idea up.  Just the thought that Snape was 
threatening a grand type of revenge only a Death Eater could 
deliver.  Plus, it makes sense that the point where Snape makes the 
worst decision of his life would rank as one of his worst memories.  
YMMV, of course. <g>

Betsy